President Trump said Friday that he considers the media to be “the opposition party in many ways,” echoing a controversial assessment earlier this week by his chief White House strategist, Stephen Bannon. Trump was asked about Bannon’s comments during a morning interview at the White House with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network. Read more: Trump’s chief strategist calls media ‘the opposition’“Yeah, I think the media is the opposition party in many ways,” Trump told Brody. “I’m not talking about all of them ... but a big portion of the media, the dishonesty, total deceit and deception. It makes them certainly partially the opposition party, absolutely.”Trump, who routinely criticized the media during his campaign and has continued the practice since taking office, also accused the media of being “on the opposition party’s side.”

Source: thestar January 27, 2017 21:00 UTC